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ArticlePharmaceutics2022

A Unique Core-Shell Structured, Glycol Chitosan-Based Nanoparticle Achieves Cancer-Selective Gene Delivery with Reduced Off-Target Effects.

Bei Cheng, Hye-Hyun Ahn, Hwanhee Nam, Zirui Jiang, Feng J Gao, Il Minn, Martin G Pomper

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bei ChengDepartment of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Hye-Hyun AhnDepartment of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Hwanhee NamDepartment of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Zirui JiangDepartment of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Feng J GaoDepartment of Physiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5548-5055
Il MinnDepartment of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Martin G PomperDepartment of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6753-3010
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Training/Dissemination-Resource for Molecular Imaging Agents in Precision MedicineP41EB024495 · NIBIB · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI MARTIN G POMPER · 2017 to 2026
$11.8M
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007057 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KANOLD, PATRICK O, KARCHIN, RACHEL · 1985 to 2023
$10.4M
NIBIB NIH HHS EB024495NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB024495NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007057
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The inherent instability of nucleic acids within serum and the tumor microenvironment necessitates a suitable vehicle for non-viral gene delivery to malignant lesions. A specificity-conferring mechanism is also often needed to mitigate off-target toxicity. In the present study, we report a stable and efficient redox-sensitive nanoparticle system with a unique core-shell structure as a DNA carrier for cancer theranostics. Thiolated polyethylenimine (PEI-SH) is complexed with DNA through electrostatic interactions to form the core, and glycol chitosan-modified with succinimidyl 3-(2-pyridyldithio)propionate (GCS-PDP) is grafted on the surface through a thiolate-disulfide interchange reaction to form the shell. The resulting nanoparticles, GCS-PDP/PEI-SH/DNA nanoparticles (GNPs), exhibit high colloid stability in a simulated physiological environment and redox-responsive DNA release. GNPs not only show a high and redox-responsive cellular uptake, high transfection efficiency, and low cytotoxicity in vitro, but also exhibit selective tumor targeting, with minimal toxicity, in vivo, upon systemic administration. Such a performance positions GNPs as viable candidates for molecular-genetic imaging and theranostic applications.

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gene deliverymolecular-genetic imagingreporter–probe pairsystemic deliverytoxicity

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PMID35214105
PMCPMC8878887
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